Murder trial pushed back, awaiting DNA evidence

Tuesday

Jan 5, 2010 at 12:01 AMJan 5, 2010 at 2:20 AM

The murder trial of Myles White, 21, of East Stroudsburg, and Ralph Maldonado, 33, of Scranton, was pushed back to March after defense attorneys and prosecutors agreed to await the results of DNA testing evidence on Monday, according to Monroe County District Attorney David Christine.

The murder trial of Myles White, 21, of East Stroudsburg, and Ralph Maldonado, 33, of Scranton, was pushed back to March after defense attorneys and prosecutors agreed to await the results of DNA testing evidence on Monday, according to Monroe County District Attorney David Christine.

White and Maldonado will head to trail in March, accused of killing 22-year-old Blake Natal, of Tobyhanna, outside the Quality Inn hotel's parking lot on West Main Street, Stroudsburg, last Jan. 15. Police believe the two were outside the hotel looking for someone to rob. Natal was found beaten to death in the hotel parking lot and an autopsy showed the cause of death was blunt force neck and head injuries.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin March 9 for the trial, Christine said.